Using the writing feedback that you received from your instructor and the writing feedback that you received from Smarthinking, share your reflections on the experience of writing the Unit 5 Assignment. Discuss what you learned from the feedback that you received from your instructor and from Smarthinking, and how you plan to improve your writing […]

After completing this week’s readings and the Levels of Evidence Pyramid media presentation, you performed a search to find one scholarly, qualitative research study and one quantitative research study to support your discussion points.   In your initial post, for the one qualitative study and the one quantitative study you found:   Cite and briefly […]

In the article, “Evidence-Based Practice: Critical Appraisal of Qualitative Evidence,” the author asserts that all qualitative critical appraisals base their criteria on three primary questions: 1) Are the study findings valid? 2) What were the results of the study? and 3) Will the results help me in caring for my patients? Each of these three […]

In patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (P), will the implementation of a pulmonary hygiene protocol (I) compared with standard positioning care (C) improve weaning parameter metrics (O) during the next three months (T)?   For Long Island Hospital (P), will the integration of patient preferences into a pain management program (I) compared with the […]

Mastering the First Step in EBP: PICO(T)   Note: Remember to adhere to the requirements for initial discussion postings and responses addressed in the Discussions section of the Course Policies and Expectations presentation.   Click the Vila Health: PICO(T) Process media piece. For your initial post:   Share the PICO(T) question you wrote for the […]

Discuss the characteristics of a high performing culture in health care. Reflect upon your own experiences as a nurse in your current organization and give an example where the organizational culture influenced an outcome. Was it a positive outcome, why and how did the culture impact results? Was it a negative outcome, how did culture […]

In this case study, Scott Harrison experiences many successes in his quest to improve water quality on a global scale.   Identify three leadership traits or abilities that contributed to his successes.

Share the PICO(T) question you wrote for the exercise, then compare your question with the PICO(T) question created by Vila Health.   Did your question identify the same or different PICO(T) ??components?   Was your question more or less clear and concise compared to the one created by Vila Health?   Consider and discuss the […]

CRITICALLY APPRAISING QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH Evidence-based practice involves finding the best research evidence to support an intervention, which is integrated with patient preferences and values and professional expertise, and then implemented. Once you have searched and found relevant and timely research studies, the next step is to evaluate the quality of their methods, design, […]

APPLYING AN EBP FRAMEWORK TO IMPLEMENT A WRITING DEVELOPMENT PLAN This assignment focuses on using the EBP process and applying an EBP model or framework to improve your writing skills. Writing that is characterized by strong organization, appropriate use of evidence, scholarly tone, grammatically-sound sentence structure, and correctly-formatted citations and references is of paramount importance […]